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Originally posted by contracycle
This I agree with. However, I think it is worth observing the way in which "black" is used to indicate "non-white", and what influence this has. Because it normalises whiteness and considers all others universally to be different in much the same way - what is important is their non-whiteness and nothing else. IOW, I allege that the presence of the terminology of "black" and "white" is indicative of the great extent to which it is socially ingrained. I do not think the phenomenon tyou described is an accidental property of the melting pot.
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Good points all around, I think we're mostly in agreement. The "melting pot" theory was mostly off the top of my head, so I'm not too strongly dedicated to it
07-02-2003, 07:42 AM
